The Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) is an international network of youth organizations and individuals from all over the world whose common goal is to prevent the loss of biodiversity.To strengthen the capacity of young leaders to take action in support of National Biodiversity Strategies and Actions Plan (NBSAPs) and to contribute towards the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, the Global Youth Biodiversity Network is hosting a series of capacity-building workshops for ASIA, AFRICA and LATIN-AMERICA and the CARIBBEAN in 2018 and 2019.
This is to thank generous support from the Japan Biodiversity Fund, the European Commission, the CBD Secretariat, the African Wildlife Foundation, Engajamundo and the Telangana Forest Department.
The workshop for ASIA is being held in partnership with the Telangana Forest Department in Hyderabad, India, from the 14th to the 20th of October of 2018. Here, participants will take part in team building, networking and training sessions in international biodiversity conservation policy, mobilization, advocacy, campaign skills and project management to create or enhance existing projects that directly contribute to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the implementation of NBSAPs.
By the end of the Workshop in Saturday 20th, the participants from all the Asia sub-regions will present a Position Paper, the work that their organizations have been doing at the sub-regional level and how this will contribute to the Youth Action Plan for Biodiversity post 2020 that they will develop.
As of January, GYBN has 280 member organizations, representing more than 500000 youth members from 150 countries worldwide.
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